I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.
Interpretation
The author appreciates the present moment and feels it aligns with their preferences.
In this quote, Anne Rice expresses a sense of satisfaction with the present era, suggesting that she values the timing of her existence. It reflects a broader philosophical idea about the importance of the current moment and one's place in it, suggesting contentment and a recognition that each time period has its unique qualities that resonate with individual tastes.
In practice
This quote can be used during a discussion about historical events and their impact on our current lives.
From my stone pillow I have dreamed dreams of the mortal world above. I have heard its voices, its new music, as lullabies as I lie in my grave. I have envisioned its fantastical discoveries. I have known its courage in the timeless sanctum of my thoughts. And though it shuts me out with its dazzling forms, I long for one with the strength to roam it fearlessly, to ride the Devil's Road through its heart.
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit.
Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lostβa heart no bigger than a speck of dust beating, beating against death, against meaninglessness, against guilt, against sorrow.
The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.
In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?
Freedom is messy. In free societies, people will fall through the cracks - drink too much, eat too much, buy unaffordable homes, fail to make prudent provision for health care, and much else. But the price of being relieved of all those tiresome choices by a benign paternal government is far too high. Big Government is the small option: it's the guarantee of smaller freedom, smaller homes, smaller cars, smaller opportunities, smaller lives.
If you stare at a wall from four in the morning till nine at night and you do that for a week, you are getting pretty close to nothingness.
Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.
Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment.
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.
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